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McCarrick to preside at Kennedy burial

E-mail|Link|Comments () Posted by Michael Paulson August 28, 2009 06:59 PM

It turns out that Cardinal O'Malley will not be alone in presiding over a portion of the funeral rites for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy: Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the archbishop emeritus of Washington, is going to preside over the burial at Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow.

McCarrick had a long relationship with Kennedy from the days when the archbishop headed the domestic and international policy committee for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. And for five years Kennedy co-hosted, with Republican Representative John Boehner of Ohio, an annual fundraiser for inner-city Catholic schools in Washington.

Interestingly, McCarrick headed the USCCB's task force on Catholic bishops and Catholic politicians, which advised bishops not to honor politicians who support abortion rights. But a church official tells me that a funeral and a burial are not considered honors.

(Photo, by Matthew J. Lee of the Globe staff, shows Cardinal McCarrick speaking at Boston College on March 3, 2005.)

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McCarrick has always been more interested in money than Church morality, ethics, and dogma. He was a leader against Benedict becoming Pope rumor has it. No wonder. He contradicted a letter Benedict sent out that precluded politicians who support abortion from receiving communion. It was McCarick who actually LIED to us all about the contents of that letter, until the letter was made public, and made a LIAR out of MCCarrick. He�s no figure of integrity!

Posted by Clay Mohoney August 28, 09 08:19 PM

clay mohoney shame on you! rest in peace to all the Kennedy, and thankyou for helping the poor, hungry, naked...thank you..

Posted by Deborah R. Fulton August 30, 09 11:56 AM

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